No information available on Boyle’s status — and Blake sees cause for concern

“We’re looking at him now,” Todd McLellan said after the game. “We’ll see. It’s way too quick.”

And Rob Blake was pretty direct, calling his slash that led to the Coyotes’ first goal a “dumb penalty.” He also didn’t gloss over the current losing streak and said that, yes, this five game streak without a victory was a cause for concern.

“It’s a cause of concern because we’re playing similar to where we were down the stretch last year, where it doesn’t look like there’s that much energy or excitement,” Blake said. “That’s got to be created by us internally. We need to turn that around.”

McLellan seemed to be a little less harsh, pointing to the third period — when things could have gone south, but didn’t — as a sign of character.

Anyway, that’s in the print edition story that should be posted soon. But I wanted to at least mention the Boyle situation — and the non-information I’ve got — now.

Sharks have the day off tomorrow so I’m not sure any information will be available until Monday. But I’ll check.

David Pollak

David Pollak has been following the NHL forever and at the Mercury News as an editor or reporter since 1987. For almost a decade he wrote about the Sharks as the paper's Fan in the Stands before joining the sports department in 2001. He became the Sharks beat writer before the 2007-08 season and began this blog at that time. You can also follow him on Twitter at @PollakOnSharks.